Mine detail: Purisima Concepcion

Previously called 'Purisima Concepcion Oeste'

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Location: Lima, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -12.31452, -75.73304
dep_id: 10065203
mrds_id: TC40302
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Altaite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sphene, Zircon
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Tumasha Formation
hrock_type: Slate,Limestone
arock_unit: Yauricocha Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Anticline Plunging 50se, Slate Bed Forms Core And Is Locally Sheared And Crushed.
disc_yr: 1952
discr: K.W.B. Iten
References:
  • Deposit:: ALVAREZ,A.A., AND NOBLE, D.C., 1988, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION AT PURISIMA CONCEPCION, YAURUCOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1368-1378.
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: ALVAREZ AND NOBLE (1988).
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